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Focus on Eye Health National Summit: Registration Open
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(57, 57, 56); background-color: white;">On July 14-15, 2021, Prevent Blindness will host the 10th annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit as a virtual interactive event. (Due
to the current COVID-19 health crisis, the 2021 event will be held as an online event only.) This FREE event will include multiple opportunities for participant engagement, including moderated discussions on key topics, chats with presenters, an exhibit hall
with live exhibitor chat and video conversation, and more.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(57, 57, 56); background-color: white;">The Focus on Eye Health National Summit is a key venue to elevate the national dialogue among diverse stakeholder groups around vision and
significant population health issues such as surveillance, equity, prevention messaging, service integration, program development, and dissemination of best practices. The Summit allows participants to develop new collaborations, integrate new vision health
messages and procedures into their outreach, and improve lines of communication with internal and external partners.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(57, 57, 56); background-color: white;">An exciting Summit agenda has been planned for the two-day event, and will include a variety of presentations related to this year’s theme, "Our
Changing Vision.” The agenda will celebrate the key vision advancements that have occurred during the 10 years the summit has convened, and look ahead to leading advancements, policies, and social issues that will shape how we approach eye health for the coming
decade. The agenda will recognize the importance of research expansion, shifting political leadership, and the elevation of the patient at the center of care decisions. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">The agenda includes the following keynote presentations:<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span class="" style="color: rgb(57, 57, 56); background-color: white;">Michael F. Chiang, MD</span>, Director, National Eye Institute<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<span class="" style="color: rgb(57, 57, 56); background-color: white;">Amy Dixon, Paralympic Athlete & President, Glaucoma Eyes International<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="" style="color: rgb(57, 57, 56); background-color: white;">Ross C. Brownson, PhD</span>, Lipstein Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">For details about the event and agenda, visit</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b class=""> </b></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.preventblindness.org/eyesummit__;!!NoSwA-eRAg!VdJxjc9q_a070mIRaspjPvZmUhKHGFINyz4NpmIRBnINFa77a2iWf_T6wCfSDsdhcN8aEQ$" class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">www.preventblindness.org/eyesummit</a><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(95, 97, 98);">.</span></strong><span class="" style="color: rgb(95, 97, 98);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(57, 57, 56); background-color: white;">The Focus on Eye Health National Summit welcomes a diverse range of participants, including patient advocates, vision researchers, clinicians,
foundations, community-based and advocacy organizations, national vision and eye health organizations, vision companies, government agencies, legislative staff, and more. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Follow the event on Twitter at #eyesummit.</div>
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